Sprunt

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sprunt \Sprunt\, a.
     Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs.] --Kersey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sprunt \Sprunt\ (spr[u^]nt), v. i. [Cf. {Sprout}, v. i.]
     To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
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     {To sprunt up}, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger
        or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sprunt \Sprunt\, n.
     1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]
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     2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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     3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]
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